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  Companies House joins Cifas’ National Fraud Database to strengthen defences against fraudulent organisations and directors

  CIFAS

  September 8, 2026

  • Faster fraud detection and stronger disruption of criminal networks remain key
  • Cifas membership supports significant Companies House reforms under ECCTA
  • Identity fraud dominance highlights threat of false and stolen identities in company registrations

  The UK’s leading fraud prevention service, Cifas, has welcomed Companies House into the National Fraud Database (NFD) membership – marking a significant step forward in the UK’s efforts to combat identity misuse, economic crime and corporate fraud.

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  Searches in coronavirus fraud investigation

  Fiscal Information and Investigation Service - FIOD

  September 8, 2026

    On Friday, September 4, 2026, the FIOD conducted searches in a criminal investigation into fraud during the coronavirus pandemic. During the searches at various locations in the Netherlands, various data carriers, records, watches, bank accounts, and residences in both the Netherlands and abroad were seized. In early 2021, preparations were made to gradually reopen Dutch society following the coronavirus measures. An important part of this was the Testen voor Toegang (Testing for Access) program, for which Stichting Open Nederland contracted private test providers to operate coronavirus testing locations. The costs of this were financed with government funds.

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  Update to UK Sanctions List: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Regime

  UK Government

  September 7, 2026

  Today, Monday 7 September, the UK Government has varied the designations of an individual under the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda Sanctions Regime. This reflects the updates to this listing made on 4 September by the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015).

  Name:	UN ID:	Unique ID:
  Abubakar SWALLEH	QDi.436	AQD0388